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Life's engines : how microbes made Earth habitable
- Author
- Falkowski, Paul G., author.
- Title
- Life's engines : how microbes made Earth habitable / Paul G. Falkowski.
- Format
- E-Book
- Published
- Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2015]
- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 205 pages ): illustrations.
- URL
- Access for [All Campuses] - (Available on campus and off campus with authorized logon)
- Uniform series
- Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
- Notes
- Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Contents
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- The missing microbes
- Meet the microbes
- The world before time
- Life's little engines
- Supercharging the engines
- Protecting the core genes
- Cell mates
- Supersizing in wonderland
- The fragile species
- The tinkerers
- Microbes on Mars and butterflies on Venus?
- Subject headings
- Microorganisms--Evolution. Bacteria--Evolution. Microbial genetics. Life (Biology)
- Medical subjects
- Genetics, Microbial. Bacteria. Biological Phenomena.
- ISBN
- 9781400865727 (electronic bk.) 1400865727 (electronic bk.) 9780691155371 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 0691155372 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- Standard Identifier
- 40025023704